Antiseptic spoon.



UNITED STATES PATENT onirica. g

ADRIAN GRAssELLY, or New Yonx, N. Y;

` ANTISEPTIC sroolv.` x

To all whom 'itmay concern:

Be it known that I, ADRIAN GRSSLLY, of

- New York, in the county of New York, and

ih the State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement; in

.Antiseptic S cons, and do -hereby 'declare that'the -following is va full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates ing spoons antiseptic,and is especially adapt ed to Aspoons designed to. bepusedin public places, such as ice cream parlors,` etc.

In general, my invention comprises the application to the bowl of a` spoon of a cover of antiseptic anduid-proof material, such as for example, a covering of paraffin paper w ich has been treated with some antiseptic so-as to render it entirely free fromfgerms.

I have shown*` one embodiment of my invention 1n the accompanying 'drawings 1n "whichparaiin paper or other suitable Huid-proof' and antiseptically treated material.' The coverB is made with a bottom portion 4 having a iange 5 designed to beturned over and' 'i attached to a top portion 6 alon its outer edge. The top portion 6 is provided at itsY end with a transverse flange 7 which is deto a means for makv.signed to be folded overa lead wire 8 to secure'the latter in position at the top of the cover 3. Inapplying the bottom portion 4 tothextop vportion 6, bot-h of said kportions are providedwith V shaped folds `9 along the outer edges so as to give the cover 3 a Specication of Letters Patent. :Patented Dec. 12, 1911. I Application,tiled-.September 2,f19,10. Serial No. 580,254.

concavo-convex shape. In applying the resulting cover to' a spoon,.the spoon is inserted betweenA the upper and the lower po lions of the cover so that the lower portion 4\e,oversI the convex -side pf the bowl oi the sp on. The upper end`of the cover containing he lead wire 8 is then folded. downwardly around the stem of the spoon to secure the cover in position. ``j- The cover is intended to be used, of course, by only one lperson andthe lcovers 3 are marketed in packages of such a nature as to keep them absolutely antiseptic",- and as a result, '-When a person is'provided inaI public plane with a spoon having a coverofthisilnd, he

.can be perfectly sure that he `is usigmutensil lwhich is perfectly antiseptic-inivery respect.

While I have described my ihvetion i above in detail, I wish it'to be 'undrs that manye changes may be made "therein Without` departing from the spirit therleof.

I cla-im:

A. detachable cover for the bowl of aspoon,Y

said cover having the shape of a bag, and.

having a wire attached to its open end\io act as a fastening means.

. In testimony that I claim the foregdinlgllhave -hereunto set my hand. ADRIAN GRASS'ELLY. Witnesses: Y

' G. B. PRINDLE,

M. LOBEL. 

